‘Cancer Levy must be handled with care’

THE proposal to introduce a cancer levy to help treat patients affected by the disease is a sensitive subject that needs to be handled with care, an official with the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) has said.

CAZ knowledge manager Lovemore Makurirofa told NewsDay yesterday that there was need for policymakers to deliberate extensively on the matter before crafting the policy.

“The issue of a cancer levy is quite controversial, but it is up to the policymakers to deliberate on that, but we believe that there should be a better way of mobilising funds because by so doing (introducing a cancer levy), government will be shifting the burden to the taxpayer,” Makurirofa said.

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